Whats Going On?

Here's a quick look at whats going around sports....

NCAA BASKETBALL:
If you are a college basketball fanatic this is most likely your favorite time of the year! Yes, it is March, which means March Madness :) Make sure your pencils have good erasers, or just maybe print out a couple extra brackets. I know it usually takes me a good 5 brackets until i find my prefect one.

NFL:
TJ Houshmandzadeh is heading west. Everybody already knew he was out of Cincinnati. But really Seattle? I think he will fit in with the whole West Coast offense. He is a threat when he is on the Field. I feel that in Cincinnati he was just always over looked having to share the ball with Ocho Cinco and his true potential was never shown. Another shocker to me was the news of Matt Casel being traded to the Chiefs. Yes, that is good for him, but I think that was a stupid move by the Patriots front office. I don't completely understand that move. This off season they where in the talks of giving him the franchise tag even as a backup quarterback. I know that Tom Brady will be back healthy; but they never know? Coming back from a knee injury can be a very tricky thing. I'm sure that nobody in the Patriots front office thought Brady would have a season ending injury the first game of the season. I think they let Matt get away and that's too bad. I could care less though,
because I hate every team from the Massachusetts area. And oh yeah they draft is upon us as well :))

MLB:
The WBC is starting up. You could say that this is good for all us baseball fans since they televise this. Its like the equivalent to baseball preseason.

I will spare everyone of the A-rod talk because we have already heard enough of that.

ESPN.com recently broke the news that Orlando Cabrera is headed to the Oakland A's. This doesn't surprise me since Bobby Crosby wanted out, and it appears that he is on his way out. 34 year old Cabrera brings power and speed to the top of the A's lineup. The only down fall to replacing him with Crosby is the whole age factor. Who knows maybe 35 is the new 25 in major league baseball.

This news made me smile. Ken Griffey Jr. is going back to where it all started for him. He will be returning to Seattle. I've always enjoyed watching Griffey. Even though he is 39 he still got a decent deal with incentives. I don't know if he will be there a long time since the contract is only a one year deal, but I wish him the best. If he stays healthy enough to get some time in the outfield it will be fun watching him and Ichro patrolling the outfield together.

I guess I should bring up Manny. The Dodgers and him have still not put together a contract yet. He is hoping that the WBC helps him out. I don't know why I find myself returning to Rob Neyer's blog everyday it's just painful to read. I guess you can say its like a car crash, you don't wanna look, but you got to. His most recent post was about Manny's contract situation. He states " I do like to see players get what they're "worth," and $45 million is the very upper limit of what Manny Ramirez is worth, by almost any objective measure." Like that song Hot and Cold. Manny is NOT worth that much. Yes he could hit like .800 one month but the next month he can be like oh I don't feel like playing. That is Manny for you. How do you think he got that saying that's Manny being Manny? Manny is baseball's version of Chad Johnson. Only I think Ocho Cinco is good for football. I would agree with him saying Manny deserves that much but only if he becomes less selfish, gets his butt down to spring training, and acts like a team player, and most important plays daily.

Opening day is just around the corner literally. April 5th to be exact. I might have to skip school to watch the festivities!!!! But just my luck like every opening day A-rod will go 0-5 3 strikouts and 2 booted balls. oh well...that will just be proof to Rob that Derek Jeter is where he belongs.


Just thought i would leave you this :) by far best theme song next to sportscenter. Get ready for those Web Gems!!!!!